Roosevelt Pushes Battle Hymn as National Anthem Choice
President Roosevelt urges Uncle Remus readers to consider Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic as a national anthem, praising its loftiness and unity. He cites Dixie as a popular tune and invites Southern and Northern readers to share views, with a Hart Harris note at Atlanta.
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Archie Butt
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Kentucky
Suwanee River
Garry Owen
Butt
Julia Ward Howe
The
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Roosevelt
Joel Chandler Harris
Atlanta, Ga
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The poem proclaims a vision of divine justice and freedom as God marches on. It invokes biblical imagery, civil war context, and calls for steadfast faith and sacrifice in service of liberty and righteousness.
A Novel for the Summer The Avenger by E Phillips Oppenheim
A brisk summer crime tale with two murders and a secret motive. It follows Louise and Wrayson amid high and low society, with vivid scenes of police, Palaces, and a beauteous shopgirl whose fidelity tests a bounder. Oppenheim mixes virtue and vice in a lively, contemporary thriller.
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Mexonia
Oppenheim
Louise
Wrayson
Summary of Modern European Literatures Beginnings
A compact outline of English French German Italian and Spanish literatures from origins to 1400. Marian Edwards compiles this work for general readers with a good index, sturdy binding, and quality paper.
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Europe
Marian Edwards
Dutton & Co
Studiaksite
England
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Last Letters of Samuel Adams Reveals Revolutionary Era Faith
A summary of the final volume of Harry A. Cushing’s edition of Samuel Adams writings spanning 1778 to near his death. The open 1778 letter to Earl of Carlisle argues for American independence and a single sovereign legislative power. Adams warns against false peace prospects and distrusting British negotiators in 1779. He ends with a 1802 note to Paine defending Christianity and liberty amid religious strife.
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Samuel Adams
Harry Alonzo Cushing
Mr. Adams
Boston
Earl of Carlisle
America
Massachusetts
Great Britain
Adams
England
John Pitts
Britain
Thomas Paine
Mr. Paine
New York
G. P. Putnam's Sons
A Good Book of Adventure by Hubert Wales
A review notes Hubert Wales's A Good Book of Adventure as a noteworthy adventure tale that preserves style while delivering excitement. The volume, priced at $1.50, signals Wales's continued success in the genre without sacrificing literary quality.
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Wales
Charming boy hero tale recalls classic romances
The story is well constructed with realism and lively imagination. It recalls Anthony Hope style yet offers stronger character solidity and naturalness. Readers follow the teased boy hero with sympathy as the amusing plot retains interest to the final page.
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Anthony Hope
Gur
Galsworthy's Villa Rubeen Review
The Tyrol set tale follows Alois Harz a Hungarian painter who falls for Miss Christian Deverell amid parental objections over his peasant background and scant income. Despite plot looseness and slipshod phrasing the character portraits are notable with a generally pleasant writing style, leaving readers hoping for more polish.
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Villa Rubeen
Jofn Galsworthy
C. Brown Soc
New York
G. FP. Outram’s Sons
Tyrol
Christian Deverell
Greta von Morawitz
Alois Harz
Hart
Dominique
German Emphasis. Spacing for emphasis misattributed
Letter from F A Bain of Grantwood New Jersey argues that G B Shaw did not invent the practice of spacing letters for emphasis. Bain notes that this method, analogous to italics, has long been used in Germany and predates Shaw. He references the New York Times Saturday Review of Books.
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York Times
Saturday Review of Books
Galbraith
G. B. Shaw
Germany
A. W. Bain
Grantwood
N. J
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